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SSD leadership outlines strategic plan, partner-district partnerships and services during governing council orientation
Summary
District chiefs presented an orientation summarizing SSD’s role serving 22 partner districts, the strategic plan and CESIP timelines (plans expiring June 2027), career and technical education programs, special education schools, and a pilot data-integration project with Hancock Place School District.
The governing council heard an extended orientation from Special School District of St. Louis County leadership that reviewed the district’s history, governance roles, strategic-plan timeline and the services SSD provides to 22 partner districts.
Dr. Molly Bolton, chief of teaching, learning and accountability, said the district’s strategic plan and comprehensive school-improvement plan (CESIP) will expire in June 2027 and that district staff will work through the spring and next year to draft replacements with an equity lens. Chaquita Moore, chief partner district officer, described the district’s standardized partnership agreement (used across partner districts) and said a countywide committee will convene this fall to propose revisions and an appendix of district-specific metrics.
Other presenters summarized SSD programs and operations: Kelly Griggsy (deputy superintendent) outlined SSD’s public and private separate schools and countywide programs that serve students with severe social-emotional needs; Kevin Andard (career and technical education) described high-school CTE programs and an adult LPN program; Alan Wheat (student services), Wendy Piggrass (compliance), Jennifer Henry (communications) and Doug Austin (technology) each described division responsibilities, parent communications and accessibility efforts.
Doug Austin reported a pilot data-integration project with Hancock Place School District using a vendor (education analytics) to combine IEP-related data from SSD with partner-district Infinite Campus records; Hancock Place is the first district to onboard, and the work is positioned as proof-of-concept for sharing assessment and case-management data across systems.
Council members asked about how partnership agreements are customized for districts, where appendix metrics are stored and how parents access staff contact information; leaders said the partnership agreement is standardized with district-level metrics captured in appendices and on district liaison reports, and that SSD currently relies on partner-district parent portals while posting staff assignments and processes on the SSD public website.
The orientation emphasized SSD’s role in supporting partner districts, the countywide reach of its special education programs and ongoing work to align strategy, staffing and communication.
What happens next: leadership will convene the partnership-agreement committee this fall to draft revisions, and the district plans to work on strategic/CESIP plan updates ahead of the June 2027 expiration.
